Emmanuel Wesleyan Emmanuel Wesleyan Bible CollegeBible College

The Gospel of MarkThe Gospel of MarkLecture 1Lecture 1

February 2009February 2009David SmithDavid Smith

Emmanuel Wesleyan Emmanuel Wesleyan Bible CollegeBible College

The Gospel of MarkThe Gospel of MarkLecture 1Lecture 1

February 2009February 2009David SmithDavid Smith

The Gospel of MarkThe Gospel of MarkThe Gospel of MarkThe Gospel of Mark

Three Preliminary IssuesThree Preliminary Issues

1.1. Gospels about Salvation Gospels about Salvation - Paul is about Walk of

Holiness.

2.2. New VocabularyNew Vocabulary• Repent and Believe (1:15; 2:12)• Follow me

3.3. Read Mark as a whole.Read Mark as a whole.

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1:14 8:30 8:311:1-13 16:8

Who Is This

Man?

Why Has He Come?

Introduction

Introduction1:1-13

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God

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Who Is This

Man?

Why Has He Come?

Introduction

Pivot8:27-30

Peter answered, “You are the Christ.” Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him 8:29-30

The he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 8:31

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Who Is This

Man?

Why Has He Come?

Introduction

Climax15:33-39

Mark 15:33-39 And when the sixth hour had come, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" 35 And when some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, "Behold, He is calling for Elijah." 36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down." 37 And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last. 38 And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

Mark 15:39 “

Surely th

is man w

as the Son of G

od!”

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Two History Lessons

1. Seven Ecumenical Councils• Council of Chalcedon (451 AD) - declared that

Jesus was “fully human and fully divine.”

2. William Temple, Arch-bishop of Canterbury (late 1800’s)• “If your concept of God is wrong…the more

religious you become…the more dangerous you become to yourself and to others.”

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One Key QuestionOne Key Question

Who Do You Say I am?Mark 8:27-30

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Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi.

On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”

Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

Galilee – Caesarea PhilippiGalilee – Caesarea PhilippiGalilee – Caesarea PhilippiGalilee – Caesarea Philippi

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1:14 8:301:1 1:13

Who Is This Man?

Intr

od

ucti

on

:

The B

egin

nin

g o

f th

e G

osp

el

of

Jesu

s C

hri

st, th

e S

on

of

God.

The Authority of Jesus and the Conflicts with the Pharisees

3:12

The Parables of Jesus and the Blindness of the World

3:13 6:6

The (Mis)understanding and the Blindness of the Disciples

6:7

The Announcement of the Good News: Mission of Mercy"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!“ 1:15

Boat 1

4:1-2 (10-12)

Boat 2

4:41

Boat 3

6:52

Boat 4

8:21

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8:31

Why Has He Come?

Discipleship Training

10:52

The Triumphal Entry, Temple Cleansing

11:1 - 11:25 11:27 -12:44

AuthorityIssue Revisited

The Announcement of the Cross: Mission of Suffering“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” 10:45

Passion 1 8:31-32

13:1-37

Sign of the End of Age

14:1-72

An

oin

tin

g,

Last

Su

pp

er

Geth

sem

an

e,

Betr

ayal

15:1-47

Tri

al,

Cru

cifi

xio

n,

Death

16:1-8

Resu

rrecti

on

Passion 2 9:30-32

Passion 3 10:32-34

Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52

Healing of Blind man 8:22-26

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Introduction

Climax15:33-39

Mark 15:33-39 33 At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"-- which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" 35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah." 36 One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said. 37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. 38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!"

Mark 15:39 “S

urely this

man was t

he Son of God!”

Jesus in Galilee

8:21 10:52 11:1

Jesus on the “Way” to Jerusalem

Jesus in Jerusalem